This applet allows you to compare how you are doing with the rest of the team itself. It's a comparative thing. It won't give you new information on your own rating but it will let you see how the rest of the team is doing. If you do not want your performance to be posted there, that is fine. I just felt it would be nice to have the team's performance located in one place.

In the sense that it might incidentally happen with one Grand Prix and one Pro Tour to play before then, yes. If I get 6 pro points between San Juan and GP DC, I will qualify on pro level, so it might not come down to rating.